UNESCO declared it an intangible cultural heritage in 2003, noting that it takes dancers "years of intensive training" to ...

Aswathi is a promising young dancer with a presence and maturity beyond her age. A strong orchestra backed her — Udaya Sankar Lal (nattuvangam), Binu Venugopal (vocal), P.K. Sivaprasad (mridangam) and ...

Cambodian master classical dancer Penh Yom walks between her teenage students, painstakingly adjusting a bent-back finger ...

Dance has always been more than movement. It’s rebellion. It’s storytelling. It’s innovation wrapped in rhythm and grace. Throughout history, certain dancers haven’t just mastered their craft. They’ve ...

When people think about dance, they often think about ballet, jazz and ballroom. San Anselmo dancer Barbara Framm wants to add Indian classical dance to the list. A longtime performer, Framm shares ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Touché, in contrast, began with Royal and fellow dancer João Menegussi standing ...

For National Award–winning actor Rituparna Sengupta, returning to the classical stage is never a casual act, it is an act of ...

Bharatanatyam dancer Mythili Prakash doesn’t just dance to dance; she dances to explore the questions that consume her. In her latest piece, “Mythili Prakash — She’s Auspicious,” the second-generation ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Sahomi Tachibana, a Japanese American master teacher and performer of Nihonbuyo (traditional Japanese dance) lives in Portland. Tachibana just turned 100 in April. The legacy she ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The year on the way out (2025) saw Madhya Pradesh script a new Guinness Book of World Record with a ...